Book Review: The Pact

The Pact
Jodi Picoult

Book Review By Mikaela Mallin

"There was nothing left to say.
...As she put her arms around him she could picture him in all his incarnations: age five, and still blond; age eleven, sprouting; age thirteen, with the hands of a man. The moon rolled, sloe–eyed in the night sky; and she breathed in the scent of his skin.
"I love you,"she said... She pulled back slightly, to look into his eyes.  And then there was a shot."

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For eighteen years, Emily Gold and Chris Harte have lived next door to each other; sharing everything, They've been soul mates since the day they were born. It's no surprise when their brother-sister like, best friend relationship turns into something so much more. Everything was perfect, until that fateful night when Emily's parents receive a call in the middle of night, saying their daughter has died, from a gun shot wound to the head. Emily and Chris had been together, at the merry-go-round park. And when the gun containing a single bullet is found to belong to Chris, authorities automatically blame him, doubting the double suicide pact he and Emily had planned on. Besides, he wouldn't shoot Emily; he loved her..right?

I loved every aspect of this book..from the riveting story line, to the way it's written. I could not put it down, and stayed up late into the night reading further. It had me hooked from page 1..where the aforementioned quote is taken from.  The way she jumps back and forth from the past to the present, from Emily's perspective to Chris's keeps it interesting.Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors, which is what lead me to read this book. That, of course, and recommendations from about four others. So just read it(: You'll love it, I promise.